The ‘Relationship’ of Awareness to My Body

"If I’m essentially formless awareness, what is the relationship between this awareness and my physical body? Rupert says: ‘Awareness doesn’t have a relationship with the body; the body is an appearance within awareness. Just as the space in a room doesn’t have a relationship with the objects in the room but rather the objects appear within it, so awareness doesn’t have a relationship with the body – the body appears within it. However, from the perspective of the finite mind, it seems as though awareness is located in and limited by the body. This is like believing the space is contained within the four walls of a room. In reality, awareness pervades the body but isn’t limited by it, just as space fills a room but extends infinitely beyond its walls. The body is like a temporary configuration that awareness assumes without ever ceasing to be infinite.’"

From event 21 - 28 November, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta, 21–28 November 2025

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